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2700-year-old scale armor

The old leather scales armor could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. (Image: DL Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu)
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2,700 Year Old Equestrian Armor In ᴀssyrian-Style Leather Evidence Of Technology Transfer In Antiquity

· 9 December 2021 · Comments off

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists from the University of Zurich examined a unique leather scale armor from the grave of a horseman in northwest China. The style and construction suggest that the tank was made between the 6th and 8th centuries BC in the Neo-ᴀssyrian Empire and was transported to China from there. The old […]